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Cooper, William Wager was born on July 23, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of William Wager and Rae (Rossman) Cooper.
( Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis and Its Uses:...)
Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis and Its Uses: With DEA-Solver Software and References has been carefully designed by the authors to provide a systematic introduction to DEA and its uses as a multifaceted tool for evaluating problems in a variety of contexts. The authors have been involved in DEA's development from the beginning. William Cooper (with Abraham Charnes and Edwardo Rhodes) is a founder of DEA. Lawrence Seiford and Kaoru Tone have been actively involved as researchers and practitioners from its earliest beginnings. All have been deeply involved in uses of DEA in practical applications as well as in the development of its basic theory and methodologies. The result is a textbook grounded in authority, experience and substance.
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Cooper, William Wager was born on July 23, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of William Wager and Rae (Rossman) Cooper.
Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1938. Postgraduate, Columbia University, New York City, 1940—1942. Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, Columbus, 1970.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, 1976. Doctor of Science (honorary), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1982. Doctor (honorary), University Alicante, Spain, 1995.
Assistant to comptroller, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1940; principal economist, Bureau Budget, 1942-1944; assistant professor economics, University of Chicago, 1944-1946; assistant professor to professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1946-1968; dean, Carnegie-Mellon U. (School Urban and Public Affairs), 1968-1975; university professor management science public affairs, Carnegie-Mellon U. (School Urban and Public Affairs), 1975-1976; research professor management science public policy, Carnegie-Mellon U. (School Urban and Public Affairs), since 1976; Arthur Lowes Dickinson professor accounting, Graduate School Business Administration, Harvard University, 1976-1980; professor management and accounting, management science and information systems, Graduate School Business Administration, University Texas, Austin, 1980-1994; Foster Parker professor finance and management emeritus, Graduate School Business Administration University Texas, Austin, since 1994; chairman management science and information systems Department, University Texas, 1986-1988. Visiting distinguished international lecturer accounting American Accounting Association, 1986, director publications, chairman, publications committee, Executive Committee, 1987-1989.
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Fellow Econometric Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Member Institute Management Science (1st president), Operations Research Society of America (editorial board 1957-1968), Institute of Operational Research and Management Sciences, presidential citation achievements University Texas, 2009.
Married Ruth Fay West, September 11, 1944.